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Lyrics & meaning

Kulfi Kuchchi

From Putham Pudhu Kaalai · 2020

Lyricist
Kaber Vasuki
Singers
G. V. Prakash Kumar, Bhavani Sree
Music director
G. V. Prakash Kumar
Movie name
Putham Pudhu Kaalai
Movie release year
2020
Lyrics added on
1 Oct 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oo en kulfi kuchchi
Un kalla parvai mutti
En nenjil oru sil theriyuthae
Oo my duty fruti
Un ennam konjam maatti
En meesai ellam karupaaguthae
Ho thendralum sokkuthae
Nearmum thikkuthae
Enakkonnum puriyalaiyae
Oo aasaiyum ooruthae
Kaalamum kooduthae
Vaarththai ingae thevai illaiyae
Oh, my kulfi popsicle,
When your mischievous glance hits me,
A cool shiver runs through my heart.
Oh, my tutti-frutti,
With just a little change in your thoughts,
My whole mustache turns black again.
Oh, even the breeze is entranced,
And time itself stutters,
I cannot understand a thing.
Oh, desire wells up inside,
The perfect moment has arrived,
There is no need for words here.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This playful and romantic song captures the feeling of re-ignited passion and youthful exuberance in love. Using endearing food metaphors like 'kulfi kuchchi' and 'tutti frutti', the song humorously describes how love makes an aging heart feel young again, symbolized by the exaggeration of a graying mustache turning black.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

Oo en kulfi kuchchi

Comparing the beloved playfully to sweet treats like 'kulfi kuchchi' and 'duty fruti' (tutti frutti).

Hyperbole

En meesai ellam karupaaguthae

Exaggerating the rejuvenating power of love by claiming it turns a graying mustache black again.

Personification

Ho thendralum sokkuthae / Nearmum thikkuthae

Giving human qualities to abstract concepts like breeze getting intoxicated and time stammering.

Iyaibu (Rhyme)

Ho thendralum sokkuthae

End rhymes used across lines like 'sokkuthae', 'thikkuthae', 'puriyalaiyae', 'ooruthae', 'kooduthae', 'illaiyae'.

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Trivia

This track appears in the 2020 Tamil anthology film 'Putham Pudhu Kaalai', specifically featured in Rajiv Menon's short segment 'Ilamai Idho Idho' starring Jayaram and Urvashi, which revolves around finding romance and youthfulness later in life during the COVID-19 lockdown.

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